I went ahead and got the Express Mia skinnies today and was kind of torn as to what size to get. The 2's were a little tight and giving me a wee bit of muffin top...not really that bad since the rise was nice and high, but still snug. The 4's were a lot more comfortable...a tiny bit loose but not visibly so. I erred on the side of small because they have a lot of stretch and if they grew or if I lost weight, the 4's would not fit.

My question is this: Angie says don't go for more than 2% stretch, but recently I have been spotting a lot of jeans that have a material called elasterell (or some derivative of that word/name), and it's always in much higher percentages than other stretch materials. In this case, it's 13% elasterell, 87% cotton. The Boden jeans I want to get also have a similar makeup. A quick google search reveals that it's supposed to shrink back to the original shape and have a better elasticity than other stretch materials. Is this true? Should I have just gotten the 4's then? If you have the Mias, did they grow at all?